Brandon Marshall: “Everything is good” with hip structurally

Posted by Josh Alper on September 2, 2013, 6:06 PM EDT

Reuters

Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall made some waves last week when he said that he was frustrated by the state of his recovery from hip surgery and by the fact that he was “being pushed a little bit” to practice and play in the preseason.

Marshall then took a four-day excused absence from the team that extend through the weekend. Marshall returned to the team on Monday and told reporters that he had a checkup on his hip that seems to have lessened some of the negative feelings he expressed last week.

Marshall said there may still be moments of frustration with the hip in the future, but overall painted a much brighter picture than he painted during his last visit with the media. General Manager Phil Emery said the same, telling the media that he thought Marshall looked even better than he did last year.

Given Marshall’s production in 2012 — 118 catches, 1,508 yards and 11 touchdowns — that should be a good thing for the Bears offense as they try to make the playoffs in Marc Trestman’s first year as head coach.

Bears suck. Cutler overrated. O-line is just absolutley terrible, and their defense has many weak spots. That being said..i like marshall. Guy is a animal. And its good to see him have a positive turn around. And forte is beast also. Just wastes of talent playing for them

Think half those catches came against my Vikes last year. Even if hes not 100% by week 2, Marshall will have a bigger game against MN than Megatron does week 1. Although hopefully neither will be a big enough impact to win. First Vikings win at Soldier Field since 2007 in two weeks.